Hi Lee, when you take the fitting apart try first picking away all the old Teflon from the male thread. Something like a tooth pick or a finishing nail can help. It will come away as very thin threads, a bit dull work but then when you apply the new tape it will seal much better. It is possible that over the years you have worn down some of the plastic threading in the fittings so you may need a little more tape and if by chance someone once cross threaded the fitting that damage may have left larger voids.
I would be surprised if mixing sealers would be preferable. If the threads are very loose I would suggest just some sort of pipe dope. If they fit reasonably snug then just a few more wraps of Teflon tape. I wonder too if maybe there is a rubber washer either damaged or missing inside the fitting. If your leak seems to spray around the nut it may be that you need a washer to seat on the shoulder of the fitting, the sort you fit into the female end of a hose fitting. It might be time to replace the fittings of course but this often is much more easily said than done. Let us know how it goes. Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype DaleLeavens Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 8:44 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Mixing thread sealers Top of the morning. Have any of you ever used a combanation of a product called Pro Dope and teflon tape for sealing plastic or pvc threads? I've got a serious leak on a pressure joint just before the swimming pool pump. these threads are 11 years old and are once a year taken apart and put back together. the threads are also what I would call a wide thread. not tight like a metal pipe thread. so my question or thought is to take this apart this afternoon and reseal the threads and joint using a bit or lot of prodope and some teflon tape . right now there is just teflon tape on it. the teflon tape I am using is a half inch wide tape. thanks.Lee -- "It's today!" said Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
